Dominant achievement goals of older workers and their relationship with motivation related outcomes.

A.H. de Lange; N.W. Van Yperen; B.I.J.M. Van der Heijden; P.M. Bal

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2010.02.013

Dominant achievement goals of older workers and their relationship with motivation related outcomes.

A.H. de Lange, N.W. Van Yperen, B.I.J.M. Van der Heijden, P.M. Bal

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The aim of this study was to increase our insight into older employees' achievement motivation by examining the prevalence of dominant achievement goals among a "unique" group of 172 Dutch workers who remained active after their post-statutory retirement age. Moreover, we investigated how their dominant achievement goals were linked to motivation-related outcomes (i.e., work engagement and meaning of work). Our results showed that, relative to younger workers, a significantly higher amount of older workers endorsed dominant mastery-avoidance goals. In addition, as expected, older workers with dominant mastery-approach goals scored highest, while the workers with dominant mastery-avoidance goals scored lowest in work engagement, social and personal meaning of work. Theoretical as well as practical implications of these results are discussed. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	118-125
Journal	Journal of Vocational Behavior
Volume	77
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2010.02.013
Publication status	Published - 2010

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